The Big Day!!!

I just wanted to touch base with all of you and thank you for all your great questions, encouraging words, thoughts, and excitement for our new Church launch here in Pryor. This weekend is the BIG DAY and We are pumped!!!! All the teams are in place, our venue has been "retro-fitted" to accommodate our DNA of a worship environment, and I have prepared myself mentally and spiritually for an Rock'n/Awesome Experience. We can't wait!!!

I wanted to personally invite all of you who may be interested in checking us out, to come and see for yourself what I have been ranting about for the last 9 months. We are so excited to see all the God is gonna do in the lives of soo many this weekend. If you already have plans for Easter, or are currently connected to a church family, obviously please stick with your plans, but if you are interested in being a part of a life giving worship experience this Easter then "come find YOURplace."

We are meeting at the Upperspace Building. 600 SE 49th ( just 1 mile east of Wal-Mart.) Our service time is Sunday AM's at 11:00. I'm not a long winded preacher guy, so If I haven’t struck oil in 30 minutes (or so) I stop drilling. You can expect the service to run roughly an hour and a half from "Good-morning" to "See ya later" and it’s a fairly casual atmosphere, so don't run out and buy a new Easter dress and a big phoofy hat, unless you want to.

If you have any questions about YPC that I can answer for you, feel free to shoot me an email, call, text message, carrier pigeon, smoke signal, or whatever form of communication you choose. I'll do my best to answer you in a prompt and satisfactory manner.


God Bless

Darian

Compassion vs. Pity

Have you ever stopped to think “What is the difference between Compassion vs. Pity?” Both are emotions that someone may feel from time to time. Both result in a feeling, and both are real enough to make you ponder what other people must be going through.

The difference between compassion and pity is simple... Compassion does something about it!

Check out these scriptures about Jesus:

Mat 14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.

Mat 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.

Mat 20:34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Mar 6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

Ask yourself the question. “When you see people going through a particularly tough situation, do you just pity them from a distance, or are you MOVED with compassion to help?”

Just a thought today...

God Bless

Darian

Here We Go!!!

Its been a crazy couple of weeks!!! Tyra and I moved into our house in Pryor, We have changed YPC venue locations twice, made the front page of the Daily times, my Dad had a major heart attack and I had a blow-out on my car....WOW, I don't want to do that again.

All that being said, God is still faithful!!! We are still here, gaining momentum, and we are officially out of the gates. We had our first practice service last week and this week we are actually letting in the public.

We are receiving donations from all across the nation and even though we are spending alot right now, we still have $$$$ in the bank. I actually opened a savings account!

For those of you considering checking us out this weekend, our official venue is the Upperspace building located at 600 SE 49th, just 1 mile east of Walmart. After much deliberation our official service time is Sunday Mornings at 11:00.

Come check us out this weekend and help us continue to make improvements before the big day on Easter Sunday (April 12th)

Its a fun time right now and we don't want anyone to miss out on everything that is going on at YPC. We'll see ya this weekend

God Bless

Darian

Want to be apart of something REAL?

YPC is Actively Recruiting Volunteers Now

Do you have a desire to be apart of something REAL? Authentic? Life-Giving?

You have found that right place. YPC is dedicated to producing an environment that is simple, strategic, obvious, relevant, and authentic.

Think about it..... There are very few other industries on the planet that have to do what we do.

Create a completely original, powerful, life changing, engaging, entertaining, thought provoking, eternally-based 75 minute production from scratch every 7 days...and in a mobile environment.
Not Hollywood—they have weeks to prepare, months to shoot, and lots of money and people!!!
Not Broadway—they do the same production over and over, and they have rehearsed for weeks.

Yet the team of YPC is dedicated to do just that. We are looking for awesome people to help us create an environment that people can experience the Life Giving Nature of God.

Want to be a part? Check out a launch team meeting this week

God Bless

Darian

Somebody's "That Day"

I don't know if you have ever had one of these moments when a series of unfortunate events occurred and you desperately needed something to happen to rescue you. For me it was the day we thought we lost our third child Tyecin. He was still in the womb, and Tyra was experiencing some awkward pains. (Skipping all of the gruesome details, I'll just say there was evidence that she had miscarried him.) That was a moment that nobody wants to face. In that moment you desperately need to know that everything you believe about God is true. And that He will honor his Word. Fortunately for us we had spent time over the years attending a life-giving church and understood what the Bible says about God being a life-giver not a life-taker. I remember “That Day.” We stood on HIS Word and that little boy is here with us today.

Unfortunately, there are those out there that don't understand that God isn't in the life-taking business. Many people just assume that either God doesn't really care about them, or worse, that He is actually the one behind their suffering.

Many people are facing incredible circumstances. The loss of a job, potentially the loss of a house, a rocky marriage, children that are spinning out of control, a bad report from the doctor, etc. In moments like these, people are facing intense pressure. More times than not it’s when people have hit the bottom of the barrel (and in most cases they are under the barrel) that they, in a last ditch effort, cry out to God in hopes that He will move to change their situation.
It’s in this moment, this state of mind, this desperation, that we see them. They come to our churches giving it one more day on their marriage, one more day in their job, or even their life!!! And during that service, or worship experience, or maybe even a person they meet, it happens. God reaches down to them and picks them back up, changes their situation, and helps them through an impossible time. They will always remember “That Day.”

2Ch 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him

God is looking for people to show Himself strong in – to help, to change their life as they know it.
At YPC we understand that everyday could be somebody's “That day.” That is way every service you will find smiling faces, caring hearts, an intimate worship experience and a message that will change you.

Want to have your own “That Day” experience? Come check us out. Our first preview service will be later this month. And our grand opening is on Easter weekend.

God Bless

Darian

New Launch Team Location

Well, we've done it. We have officially grown to the size that our location at Emerald City Coffee and Bistro is no longer adequate. Its pretty bad when all the "normal customers" see us coming and clear out. It was a great location for us, but I don't want that for our friends at Emerald City. Plus with out fail, just as I was about to make a great solid point about "who we are" and "what we are going to do" in this city, the blender would go off in the kitchen, or the door would open sending a blast of cold air through the restaurant. needless to say, it ruins the moment.

All that being said, our new location is at the Integrated Insurance Building just south of the Post office on Adair street. We are still meeting on Tuesday nights at 7:00. Just park and enter around back.

Our flow of meetings have changed as well. I normally spent alot of time on the "Sunset" or Vision of YOURplaceCHURCH, but now that we are so close to Go Time, I am spending a great deal of time training people and putting our DNA as a church into them.

Its still a great place to come and hear everything that is going on. If you have never been to a LTM, come check us out this week. We are still looking for people who want to be apart of a Life Giving Experience.

God Bless....

Darian

New Launch Date

Well, if you are a regular visitor the my blog, then you probably already know that our projected launch date for YPC has come and gone. Your probably wondering why.. Its simple. We have entirely too much momentum building to launch this thing too prematurely.

· Last week we had 27 adults and 8 kids at out Launch team meeting
· We have five guitar players, 2 drummers, and 3 mic singers practicing on Thursday nights
· We have implemented YPConnect a Sunday night prayer and teaching service (located at one of our teams Ranch)
· We set up the sound system and have purchased a small special effects lighting system to enhance the look of our venue.
· We have our projector and laptop computer ready to go for implementing the various service elements and aiding in our service transitions.
· I have assigned an executive team and begin to orchestrate meetings centered around the construction and implementation of YPC vision, policies, and growth. ( I just work better in team environments)
· Our accounting process is in place and we have enlisted the services of a business manager to assist us in any questions that we may have.
· Our Children's department is forming now and discussing curriculum and polices.
· All banner Graphics and temporary signage are created and ready to print

All that being said we are still just a little ways off from being ready. We are still in need of some software to run our systems, a trailer to transport our STUFF, and a few little things such as a massive marketing campaign to blast all of Mayes county with the word that we are here.

Our new Launch date is April 12. Easter Sunday. What a great day to Launch a Life Giving Worship Experience.

Hope you all can make it.

God Bless......

Darian

The Sunset

If I were to ask you to close your eyes and picture a sunset, you would probably picture a beautiful sunset full of all sorts of colors setting over the ocean or the mountains or whatever that place is that you see in your mind’s eye.

The truth is everybody has a different picture of a sunset. Mine is forever etched in my thoughts. I was 12 years old and at my grandparent’s house one summer. She lives on a farm in central Oklahoma. I was bored one night (not a lot to do for a 12 year old city boy) and I ran out the back door of that old farm house and began to look across the pasture at what was my first ever sunset (that I actually remember). It was the most beautiful thing my 12 year old little eyes had seen. The different colors of yellows, oranges, and reds seemed to reach all the way across the sky. If I were a painter, I could still paint a picture of it today. The colors, the way it settled over the horizon, the quietness in the air, was truly breathtaking.

Well, much like the Sunset we all have in our hearts, God has placed in our heart a picture of a sunset of what YOURplaceCHURCH is supposed to look like. I can see it just as vividly as that sunset over my grandma's farm. The only thing is, I don't have any paint brushes to paint what I see. Those are in the hands of the awesome men and women who have chosen to give their next few months to help launch YPC big! They are the ones God has called alongside us to help creatively reach people and introduce them to a passionate and REAL relationship with Jesus Christ.

Ask yourself: are you supposed to be a part of our sunset? We think so, and you are holding the brush to help us paint it just exactly has God has shown us.

Come find your place

God Bless

Darian

Cause Driven

Recently, I had an opportunity to spend some time with a pastor friend of mine. He enlightened me on a few thoughts when it comes to planting a church.

Historically there have been two kinds of churches in the world. Evangelistic churches and equipping churches. What's the difference you ask? Some churches have a vision to reach the lost and really nothing else. Other churches feel called to equip the believers to live a successful life—these are equipping churches.

YPC has been called to be a “Cause Driven Church.” Yes, we will reach the lost and we will equip the believers, but there has to be something worth living for out there. Something bigger than just me, something bigger than just my house, my job, my life! Something meaningful, a cause worth fighting for.

Everyday we trade a day of our lives for what? A job—it’s necessary to provide a living for your family, I understand—but what eternal values are trading your life for?
There was a scene in a movie called “About Schmidt” staring Jack Nicholson where his character realizes that everything he worked so hard for over the years was dumped and replaced the minute he retired. It’s a sad thought, but so many of us are trying so hard just to get ahead we forget who we are leaving behind.

Everyday of our life is precious, and though it may seem like we have endured several long storms in life, it is still worth living.

What are you trading every day of your life for? Is it having eternal effects?

Come find your place

God Bless
Darian

Why

Since my trip to sunny south Florida last November, we have really dialed it in as a church. I had the opportunity to go see a rocking church in Ft. Myers, Florida who has been reaching south Florida for about 7 years now.

After hanging out with Matt Keller and the team of Next Level Church, they inspired me to ask three major questions about YPC:

• What is the issue or problem God has called us to solve in Pryor, Oklahoma?
• Why now?
• Why us?

1. The problem is simple. I believe for the most part people we keep running into haven't given up on God, they have just given up on the Church! Sad, but true. I once read a statement from an old time man of God that said “Our theaters are packed today because the world can lie well—but our churches are empty because we tell the truth poorly.” ~Charles Finey
   YPC is going to tell the truth in a relevant, easy to understand way. It’s all about life change in people, and where it happens most effectively for us. We recognize that there is a generation out there that lies untapped and is crying out for a place to fit, a place to be tapped in to, and a place to experience God in a real way. YPC is just that.
2. Why Now? Simple....Because if current evangelism trends succeed only 4% of this generation will be reached for God....and that is if the trends SUCCEED!! We are simply unwilling to let that happen. By telling the truth of God’s word in a language that this generation understands, we hope to reach the audience God has placed before us.
3. Why us? Because we are willing to stand up and do something about it. I can tell you this; it hasn't been an easy path to take, but it has been completely fulfilling. And many more are joining the cause daily.

Everybody reading this blog can either identify as being a person who needs this kind of creative life change or one who is called to help us do it.

We are not building a church through people—we are building people through a church.

Come find your place
God Bless

Darian